Desert City

[Video / Desert City Action ]

[It had taken a little while to find enough solid scrap metal to cobble together, even longer since a few of the pieces he had been intending to use transformed into sand before the work could be completed, but now he had a reasonable facsimile of a transportation device. It would not be very comfortable inside and it would need to rely on the thrusters of the FTO to break through to the glass city but it might be able to provide a chance to a few of the people still trapped here.
Eagle smiled and made certain to thank the people who had helped him put all of this together. So much work in such a short time, it had to have been a group effort.]

It looks like we were able to complete our project after all. I can’t take very many, maybe a dozen or so, but if the FTO holds onto this little construct of ours I should be able to ensure that at least some of you can make it to the Glass City.

Lantis, did you manage to make it to the Desert City? If you did I will hold off leaving until you can get here. The building I had the FTO stored in has already turned to sand and collapsed but, I think you can still find where it used to b--…

AAAaaaaaeehhh!!

[That message to Lantis would have been made private but the privacy filters were just not holding up for some reason, however if it had been the rest of the network would have missed hearing the sudden ear piercing scream of one of the lady welders and the roar of the approaching monster. The rest occurred in a blur of color and motion as a sudden frantic defense was mounted.]

Shrooook!

Get back! Stay away from the claws!

[Placing himself between and monster and the civilians was the only way to prevent any of them from falling prey to the snarling scorpion-like creature. From the crate on which the network device sat abandoned only snatches of the ensuing battle could be seen. A flash of a laser weapon, a claw flying free of its former host, the sounds of the battle, and a splash of blood as it hit the sand. Then everything went silent.]

[OCC: Eagle was mortality wounded in this battle but he is stubborn enough to linger for a few parting words. ]

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Eagle!

[ Maybe other people would have faith in their friends surviving, but after losing Rita, he's not that naïve (or hopeful?). In the back of his mind, he thinks Eagle would have wouldn't mind dying to defend his group... Not that it makes Tyr accept his death more easily. ]

[Very true Tyr. Dying like this, for a worthy cause, isn't something that Eagle really minds at all. He did say as much to Mercy. ]

Is... that you, Tyr?

Yeah... Where are you?

There used to be a warehouse just outside of town...

[It had long since turned to sand and blown away but much of the equipment the building used to house was still there. The landmarks were gone but the giant white mecha kneeling there on the sand would be hard to miss. ]

I don't think there is any point in your coming, Tyr.

[ He shakes his head. ]

I'm not leaving you out there no matter what happens to you. You should know me better than that. [ Though for now, he's not moving. ]

Riou and Rita are with me, too. We're going to escape to the city made of glass together...

[ ooc: Going to bed now o/ Have a good night! ]

[That was very touching. Eagle manages a little smile. ]

Thank you.

Do you have... [Cough. ] A way to escape?

[Eagle looks back at the mecha behind him. ]

Lantis could pilot it... if I couldn't.

[OOC: Have a good night's sleep! ]

Ah...

[ He looks past Eagle to the machine behind him and finally shakes his head slowly. ]

I'd...rather leave with you piloting it. We were just going to cross the desert on foot.

[ ooc: Thank you! ]

On foot...?

[How long and hot that would be... He thinking was beginning to cloud. Small things like that were becoming a distraction. ]

[ Tyr's voice turns softer, almost calming. ]

That's right... We don't exactly have horses here... I don't even know if Rita can ride one.

[The soft voice was nice to listen to. He felt like he could sit back and just listen... Listen as the world grew darker. ]

[ That's just how he continued to talk. At least Eagle could relax now... Right... He couldn't be any comfort to Rita, but he'd help Eagle. ]

Anyway, we'll be there soon enough, so- [ just hold on ]

-Wait up for us...

[ No, his voice isn't breaking. ]

[Wait for them... some one else had asked that? Yes, Lantis...

Unfortunately the wounds were too severe and no amount of will power was enough to prevent the darkness from taking him over completely. The device tumbled out of his hand and into the deep sand. There would be no further answers. ]

Hey—

[ He starts to protest, but knows it's pointless. His body stiffens as he looks at the screen. He feels so detached from Eagle--but that was a good thing, wasn't it?

Although part of him waited for that disgustingly familiar feeling to overcome him, it didn't come. Just coldness. He didn't know the words to say to him now (if he could hear them...). After a few moments of blank staring, Tyr turned off the device reluctantly. ]

See you soon...

Desert City

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